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- Face Covering Order has Multiple Consequences for Employers
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- Employers Required to Provide Extensive COVID-19 Training According to Cal/OSHA
- Employers Required to Amend IIPP Specifically to Address COVID-19
- Extensive Workers’ Compensation Expansion Shifts Virus Costs to Employers
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- End of Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Claims
- Return of Supplemental COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave
- Important Reminder: CalSavers Applies to Employers with More than Five Employees in 2022
- Lots of Changes Required in Employee Agreements
- Revised Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Regulation – In Effect as of January 14
- Small Employers - Are You Ready for CalSavers? Large Employers – Are You Compliant?
- EEOC Pay Data Reporting Filing Deadline Extended to October 25, 2021
- FINALLY! Good News for California Employers
- Surprise! You May Owe More than You Think for Break Premium Pay
- Big Changes for Employee Arbitration Agreements
- Changes in COVID-19 Notice Requirements
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) Discrimination
- Recent Appellate Court Decision Gives Employers Options on Determining the “Regular Rate of Pay.”
- When do I have to pay my employees overtime?
- COVID-19 Regulations – What just happened?
- Time Records Showing Noncompliant Meal Periods Create A Rebuttable Presumption of Meal Period Violations
- Are You Rounding Times for Meal Periods? Stop!
- Are Your Per Diem Payments Really Wages in Disguise?
- California COVID-19 Sick Leave – Retroactive to January 1, 2021
- Federal COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave and FMLA are Expanded and Extended–But Voluntary
- What to do if my employees are vaccinated?
- Employers Must Act Now on April 1 COBRA Subsidy Period
- A recurring problem … Handling employee portions of insurance premiums for employees on leave.
- If Your Payroll Clerk Goes Rogue …You’re in Trouble
- Big Changes to The California Family Rights Act
- Review Your Employment Applications and Recruiting Practices
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